Adding and Dropping of courses takes place throughout the Academic Year. Various deadlines are set and are listed in the Academic Calendar under sessional dates. It is your responsibility to make sure you meet these dates.

Make sure you understand the consequences of dropping a course. Does it affect a scholarship? Does it affect dean's honor list? Will it affect being eligible for a scholarship or award or the program or professional program of your choice? Scholarships and Awards and Dean's Honor List all require 5.0 courses to be eligible, as do some programs and professional schools.

*If you do not pass a prerequisite in A term required for a B term course - you must drop the B term course or ask for special permission to remain in that course.*

PAPER ADD/DROP:

During this phase, you may add/drop courses with the Department(s) if you have been unable to resolve your course and program/module requirements for the current term during Extended Registration on the web. After you have added or dropped a course with the Department(s), you must submit your completed Add/Drop form to the Academic Counselling Office of your Faculty for approval.

If you drop before the add deadline then the course will not show on your record.If you drop between the add deadline and the drop deadline for each term your course will show as a withdrawn (WDN) on your record.If you drop after the drop deadline period your course will show up as an F (40%) on your record.

After the Intent to Register period, program/module/degree changes require the submission of a Change of Status form. These forms are available from our academic counselling office and must be completed for:

Visit the other university's website for a description of the course(s) that you wish to take

Print off the course description and take it to the department for approval - they will review and sign your Request for Letter of Permission, if they approve

Once approved by the department, bring the completed form to the Academic Counselling Office for approval

Completed forms must be submitted to the Academic Counselling Office by the published deadlines

You must adhere to the other university's policy/deadlines for admission as a visiting student, and to Western's policies and deadlines for completing the course. Remember to have an official transcript transferred to Western upon completion of the course(s). Instructions and deadlines are provided on your copy of the letter of permission form and on the Registrar's Office web site.

COURSES TAKEN at an ONLINE UNIVERSITY

For summer courses, course work must be completed and the final exam must be written by AUGUST 31, 2014. Transcripts must be sent to Western prior to the November 1, 2014 deadline for the submission of grades.

If we have not received a transcript by November 1, you will receive an "F" for the courses. No exceptions/extensions will be given unless proof is provided that the course was completed prior to August 31st.

The following links provide more information on Letters of Permission.

If you are unable to add a course through web registration and are not sure why, look at the 'Notes' section of the online timetable and the Academic Calendar (Undergraduate Course Information) as they are the first resources you should use to help you understand why this may be the case.

STEP 1: SUBMIT A SPECIAL PERMISSION REQUEST

To request special permission to register in a course for which you do not have the required pre-requisite(s):◾Contact the Departmental Counsellor in the department that offers the course. So, for example, to request special permission to take an Applied Math course, contact the Applied Math Department. Provide them your name, student number, the course you want to register in and the reason why you can't register in it directly. [For courses offered by departments in other faculties, search for the departmental web site and look for undergraduate counselling contacts.]

To request special permission to take more than 5.0 courses in the Fall/Winter term◾E-mail our academic counselling team (scibmsac@uwo.ca) with your request - include your name, student number, course you plan to take, and the reason for requesting to take a course overload. [Note that you need at least a 70% average (on a full academic load) in the previous academic year to be considered for a course overload.]

To request special permission to take a course at an Affiliate College:Students may be able to enroll in certain Affiliate College courses themselves if the relevant course(s) are not offered on main during the same session, so try adding the course via web registration, and follow these special permission request steps below if you were unsuccessful in enrolling.

1.Check the online Academic Timetable when looking up a specific course. If the 'Notes' section indicates that 'home faculty permission' is required and you were unable to add the course via web registration, first send an email to our academic counselling team with your request (scibmsac@uwo.ca).2.If the Academic Timetable does not indicate that 'home faculty permission' is required nor that the course is restricted, your first step is to contact the specific Affiliate College that offers the course you are interested in taking. If they grant you permission to take the course, they can email our academic counselling team the special permission details.Note that if the 'Notes' in the online timetable indicate that the course is restricted to a specific group of students, you will not be able to register in that course unless you are part of those groups.

STEP 2: MAKE SURE YOUR HOME FACULTY ACADEMIC COUNSELLING TEAM RECEIVES / APPROVES THE SPECIAL PERMISSION

Your home faculty academic counselling team needs to be informed...◾If a Science / BMSC student has a special permission recommendation (i.e., from the department counsellor or affiliate college) or request, it should be forwarded (ideally emailed) to our counselling team - scibmsac@uwo.ca.

What happens once our academic counselling team receives your recommendation or request for special permission?◾An academic counsellor assesses your special permission request◾If approved, you will see your special permission on Student Center •Once you have logged in, follow the link labelled 'View Special Permissions'•Please be patient in waiting for these to be posted - this is an extremely busy time of year!

◾If not approved, one of our academic counsellors will email you to explain

STEP 3: ENROLLING IN A COURSE FOR WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN GRANTED SPECIAL PERMISSION

To enroll in a course for which you have been granted special permission◾If the special permission has been posted to Student Center, call the Helpline (519-661-2100), and ask them to enroll you in the relevant course(s); they can do this for you after your enrollment appointment (date) for as long as web registration is open◾If you have been granted permission to enroll in an extra course load, you can add the extra full year or first term course(s) on August 26, 2013 or later by calling the Helpline, or January 6, 2014 for second term courses.

Programs, Modules & Progression:

This form is used to request changes to your degree/module(s) in the following situations:◾you forgot to complete your Intent to Register◾you need to change the degree/module(s) you selected during Intent to Register [please wait until you see your adjudication results] ◾your eligibility has changed due to summer results and you need to be in a specific module to have access to required courses◾you were not here in during the 2013/2014 academic year and are returning to Western for next academic year

Policy for students registered in the Faculty of Science and the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry (BMSc): Common Courses in Modules

Students registered in the Faculty of Science and the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry (BMSc) may double-count a maximum of 1.0 common course toward two modules (a common course is a course that is mandatory in both modules). When two modules contain more than 1.0 common course, the additional common course(s) must be distributed between the two modules as evenly as possible and a substitute course(s) approved by the department offering the module must be taken to maintain the number of courses required in the module.

Notes:

the mark in a double-counted course is used in calculating the average for each module;

the 1.0 common course with the highest mark will be double-counted toward both modules if more than 1.0 common course exists;

approved substitute courses must meet the minimum mark requirement for the module/degree and are included in the average calculation for the module;

when choice exists in a module, courses are not considered common unless and until all choice is exhausted. If one course must be selected from a list of courses, every course in the list must be taken before the course is considered to be common to both modules.

Academic Policies & Regulations:

A special examination is any examination other than the regular or supplemental examinations, and may be offered only with permission of the Academic Counselling Office of the Faculty in which the student is registered in consultation with the instructor and Department Chair.

Permission to write a Special Examination may be given on the basis of compassionate or medical grounds with appropriate supporting documentation or for religious grounds for which sufficient notice in writing has been submitted.

If the Academic Counselling Office, recommends a Special Examination Form be given to a student, both the student and instructor should be aware of the following:

A Special Examination must be written no later than 30 days after the end of the examination period. Only under exceptional circumstances, and with Academic Counselling Office approval, may this period be extended.

If a student fails to write a scheduled Special Examination, permission to write another Special Examination will be granted only with the permission of the Academic Counselling Office and with appropriate supporting documentation. In such a case, the date of this Special Examination normally will be the scheduled date for the final exam the next time the course is offered.

Students should be aware that if a mark of SPC (Special Exam Privileges) appears on an academic record for a course that is a prerequisite to further courses(s), registration in the subsequent courses(s) will require special permission of the instructor and the Academic Counselling Office until the grade of SPC is replaced by a satisfactory grade.

If a majority of courses taken in a given year show grades of SPC, registration in any further courses(s) will be subject to the approval of the Academic Counselling Office until all the SPC grades are replaced by satisfactory grades.

Science students can complete and submit an Accommodation Request Form to our academic counselling office when reporting a conflict with a religious holiday. Students are asked to submit their accommodation requests a minimum of two weeks in advance. Click here for more information on Religious Holidays.

For Medical Accommodation: Medical documentation from walk-in clinics and family physicians must be completed on a Student Medical Certificate.

As soon as you are well enough to come to campus (and not contagious), submit your Accommodation Request Form and documentation to your home faculty academic counselling office. When our counselling team approves an accommodation request, the member of the academic counselling team who approved it will inform your instructors of our support for accommodation. If a student is accommodated for a December or April exam, they will be issued a Recommendation for Special Exam form instead, which the student should bring to their instructor.

If you are not able to submit your accommodation request and documentation within a few days of the missed course component, you may consider asking a friend to deliver it to us or faxing the form and documentation to us.

Obtaining documentation from an Emergency Department or Urgent Care Centre

Documentation should be secured at the time of the initial visit. Request that the doctor complete a Student Medical Certificate (SMC). Where it is not possible for a student to have an SMC completed by the attending physician, the student must request alternate documentation sufficient to demonstrate that his/her ability to meet his/her academic responsibilities was seriously affected during the time frame of the missed course component(s)

Other types of documentation that needs to be provided depending on reason for absence:

Bereavement/Compassionate Reasons: documentation required will vary depending on the situation. If you are experiencing a significant, stressful life event and would like to inquire about accommodation options, please stop by our academic counselling office or email us at scibmsac@uwo.ca

The University works collaboratively with the student, instructor, department, Faculty and Services for Students with Disabilities in the Student Development Centre to provide accommodation when needed.